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Does anybody really know
what time it is? – It’s time we checked
our facts. Sammy Voss
was the only Warrior who caught the mistake in the April issue of Smoke Signals.
We wrote
that “On
Wed., April 5, at 2 minutes and 3 seconds after 1A.M. the exact time and date
will
be 01:02:03 04/05/06. This will never occur again.” As Sammy noted, it
will occur every 100
years. This was an intentional misstatement by our editors to see how closely Smoke
Signals
is being read. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
MEMORIES
from Dorothy Dow Crane
Do you remember how
Miss Laura Mauzy INSISTED that we not crumple paper before tossing
it into the wastebasket? It was to be released whole, without a single
wrinkle, to float down into
the trash ever so quietly and gently. She also wore glasses with
rhinestones that she said gave
"glitter to her glare!" But the Mauzy wisdom that has been the
most helpful over the years was
her demand that when called upon in class, even if we weren't sure about the
answer, we were
to answer with absolute confidence. This advice has been extremely useful
in a number of
circumstances, including those where I have been faced with reading aloud
an Old Testament
passage with lots of Hebrew names that are difficult to pronounce.
Passover begins this week and I still remember that the first matzos I ever had
was given to me
by Sylvia Saripkin in homeroom. Thank you, Sylvia!
Send your Central Memory to PAULA
FROM THE LAUGH TRACK
An
elderly Floridian called 911 on her cell phone to report that her car has been
broken into.
She is hysterical as she explains her situation to the dispatcher:
"They've stolen the stereo,
the steering wheel, the brake pedal and even the accelerator!" she cried.
The dispatcher said,
"Stay calm. An officer is on the way." A few minutes later, the
officer radios in. "Disregard."
He says. "She got in the back-seat by mistake."
From
the Web Master... Phil
Two Redneck hunters
from
bagged six. As they started loading the plane for the return trip home
the pilot said the plane
could take only four moose.
The two good old boys objected strongly.” Last year we shot six,
and the Pilot let us put them
all on board; he had the same plane as yours."
Reluctantly, the pilot gave in and all six were loaded. However, even on
full power, the
little plane couldn't handle the load and went on only a few moments after
take-off.
Climbing out of the wreck Bubba asked Earl,” Any idea where we are?"
"Yaaah, I think we's pretty close to where we
crashed last year.
“The Snow Nuts Chronicles”
(Dickie and the Birthday Present)
From our Resident Sage Gene Johnson
Well now, let’s see… as kids we
all lived for Birthdays, Christmas, Holidays and,
Summer Vacation. Since Dickie was just like any other normal kid, as
above, he loved his
birthday celebration… lots and lots of presents.
On this given birthday one of
Dickie’s presents was a very large ball. Well as you may guess,
the ball got away during play, and Dickie chased it between cars into the
street.Unfortunately,
an oncoming car struck Dickie knocking him down. We kept the thing in the
neighborhood,
however, since the car was driven by my Dad. Dickie was dinged somewhat
and ended up
with a half-moon scar on the lower outside corner of his eye. Other
injuries included bruises,
scrapped skin and battered dignity. I thought my father was going to have
a heart attack.
Everyone healed and forgot about it… or so we thought!!!
Anyway, fast-forward about 14
years. Dickie had come down to the house to give me ride to
the dance where the Blazers were playing for the evening. We were talking
to my Mom while
Dad sat behind us in his easy chair.
Pause: My
Dad had this absolutely ‘spooky’ trait. You could feel him looking at you
even
if your attention was elsewhere.
Resume: During
the conversation with Mom, Dickie became aware that Dad was looking at
him. So, he turned, looked at Dad and said, “What, Mr. Johnson?”
Dad looked at him and said, “You
know Dickie, I should have backed up and finished the job!!”
Dickie and I had ‘side-splitting’
laughs about this episode many times over the years. Of
course, Dad was only teasing… that was his first mention of the accident since
it happened,
and he never mentioned it again, probably because Mom ‘ate his lunch’ over it.
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March 6 - Now our
chilren’s chilren’s is havin chilren: Wallace
and Barbara Barnes Houck
became GREAT grand parents with the birth of 7lb. 5oz, Kallie Renae Wilbanks. She
will live
with her parents in
acres near there in Middleton and are in the process of buying some more land. Do any other
of us have GREAT, grand children? Leeba…Deaton, what say you?
April 8 - And the beat
goes on, and on, and on. As of TODAY, Leeba Andrews Curlin
has
20 grandchildren, the latest being Leeba Katherine Curlin, sounds familiar. Number
21 is due
in September. Leeba and John’s youngest son, Caleb recently
graduated from Ranger school
in
is scheduled to begin a second tour of duty in July. Leeba and John will soon
be traveling to
April 12 – A child is born. James Gregory New was born at
Wednesday, April 12, at 4:34 pm, weighing 8 lbs. 10 oz., 21 inches long.
The proud parents
are Erick & Suzanne New, grandparents are Jim and Karen
Paine New. He also has an
"older" brother, Garner, 19 months old.
April 19 – Robert Finlay took the winter off to live in
he’s going back to
he says, will now fit on his little finger.
April 22 – SupperClub Though somewhat modest
in number, 25 Warriors
and their guests were mighty in spirit. The original Coletta’s was the site
of the 7th mini-reunion and the first to be held on a Saturday night. In
addition to the regulars, four new faces joined in what one described as
the most intimate and relaxed gathering yet. Dr. Lewis Loskovitz and
his wife Debra, along
with Richard (CHS ’60) and Gail Phillips joined in
the fun. And of course, also attending his firstSupperClub was Web
Master Phil Aquino, who vowed to travel from
a semi-regular. There truly was a new level of fellowship reached as
those gathered dined on the famous Coletta’s fare.
In the works - a vast
departure from our previous venues. We encourage everyone
to offer suggestions on how to keep this successful series fresh and
exciting.
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March 30 – After 16 years on the National Register of
Historic Places,
added to the list of National Historic Landmarks. Uh, Thank
you very much. Speaking of
The King, his favorite ride, the Zippin Pippin, along with the
Merry-Go-Round, are
scheduled to be auctioned off sometime this summer as the dismantling of
Libertyland
begins. Organizers are beginning an effort to save this venue. TEMP LINK
April – The first week of the month has proved deadly
for residents of N.E,
central
storm systems swept through the area on April 2 nd, and April 7
th. CLICK FOR PICS
April 11 – Rabid Alabama Booster Logan Young was found
dead in his
home, Tues. Young, 65, was convicted on federal charges stemming from the "Student Pay
for Play" scandal. On Thur., April 13TH, the Memphis Police
Dept. announced that, what was
originally being investigated as a homicide, has been ruled an accident,
the cause of death
being blunt trauma resulting from a fall.
April 13 – Back in ‘the day’, we had to buy blank
report cards, from Mike McLean for
$1 each.
Five Cordova High students have received suspensions for hacking into the
school’s
computer system, and altering their grades. Their downfall was bragging to
other students
about their feat.
April 13 – Joey hits the campaign trail, on
foot. Joey
Cooper, candidate
for the county
commission’s District 5 Democrat nomination, found out that no good deed
goes unpunished.
After allowing a down-and-out Shaun Browder to crash on a mattress in his
campaign
headquarters, Joey reported to the MPD that the man apparently stole the
campaign’s SUV,
a ’99 Kia Sportage. The stolen Kia has subsequently been found.The campaign’s
automated
phone system is playing a message from “Wrasslin King” Jerry Lawler, urging
support for
Joey who, according to the phone message, promises to “..
work to lower your taxes, make
the streets safe again, properly fund schools, and get the trains moved from
blocking every
intersection at 8a.m and 5p.m.” This campaign gets
weirder and weider. Thursday a judge
ruled against Joey in his suit to have one of his opponents removed see March SMOKE
SIGNALS. Joey and candidate Steve Mulroy have exchanged insults with
Cooper claiming
that Mulroy was "making a mockery of the election process". Mulroy
brought up Joey's
conviction for bank fraud and his subsequent removal from the old
Court
name to Kilimanjaro, after the mountain.
LINKS YOU’LL LOVE
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Boombatz
AMAZING from Karen Paine New
FUN from
Carol Lewis Towler
INTENSE MATERIAL from Lynda Goodwin Brooks. A must read,
especially for teenage drivers
HENRY’S
CORNER
This marks the
inaugural of a new feature in Smoke Signals, “Henry’s Corner”. Every
Warrior
from the fifties, sixties and seventies, maybe longer, knows of ‘High School
Henry’. Henry,
whose real name was Henry Clay Polk, was a fixture at Central sports events.
With his
ever-present noisemaker, be it a horn or a duck call, Henry mercilessly harassed
Central’s
opposition. According to published reports, a childhood illness left Henry with
the mind of a
seven year old, and a huge heart for The High School.
Henry’s
loyalty had, from time to time, been recognize and rewarded. During
our years at Central, a ceremony was held in the gym where a touching poem
was recited and Henry was presented with, I believe, a letter sweater. There
wasn’t a dry eye in the gym. Henry died on February 16, 1982, but his memory
will live on in this newsletter. Henry will offer trivia, off -beat news
stories and
articles of interest. Some how, I think Henry would have liked that. If you
were
real still, I bet you can hear that duck call.
And speaking of Gilligan’s
after Newton Minow, head of the FCC in '61 who said TV is "
Gilligan producer, Sherwood Schwartz did not care for Minow, so he named
the shipwrecked
boat after him.
According to the
clever but it also blocks “interferon-gamma-induced chemical processes”,
thereby fighting
heart disease.
Cause and
Effect? In
1960 there was an estimated 4000 people in the
100. By 1995 that number had climbed to 55,000.
In a related story, William
Miller, director of
Program reports in the April issue of HortTechnology giving plants
diluted alcohol – whiskey,
vodka, etc stunts the growth of leaves and stems but doesn’t affect the
blossoms. While
Miller’s initial work concentrated on certain flowering ornamentals, he is now
experimenting
to determine if the growth retardant effect also hold true for vegetables including
peppers
and tomatoes.Ultimately, Miller hopes to grow a Bloody Mary.